The AOPA has a nice chart that summarizes all the changes...
http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsite...1-position.pdf
Pilots: What do you think about Part 61 changes?

The FAA's proposed overhaul of the pilot certification
regulations needs some tweaking, and AOPA wants your ideas.

"We need to know how these changes would affect your
flying," said Luis Gutierrez, AOPA director of regulatory
and certification policy. "Some of the benefits and problem
areas are obvious, but others are a little more gray."

You can start by reviewing a chart that explains all of the
FAA's proposed changes - in plain English - and AOPA's
position. You can send us your feedback on the changes and
our position via e-mail. Top 10 proposed changes that would
affect GA...

(February 20)

"Dan" wrote in message
ps.com...
| So what does everyone think about the proposed new IFR
currency
| requirements? The major changes seem to be that 1 hour of
cross-
| country time will be required, along with six approaches,
consisting
| of BOTH precision and non-precision, and two types of
holds.
|
| Some of this can be completed in a PCATD, but an
instructor must be
| present. (I wonder if a remote MSFS console via the
Internet counts..)
|
| Most of it sounds OK to me, however I think the 1 hour of
cross-
| country time is pointless. What would be considered
cross-country? It
| is a little vague...
|
| Here is the link:
|
|
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2...df/E7-1467.pdf
|
| The interesting bit starts on page 31 of the PDF.
|
| --Dan
|